Following the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) raids on Tuesday at the residence and offices of Thane's Shiv Sena legislator Pratap Sarnaik, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misusing Central agencies against political opponents. The ruling alliance said the Centre's pressure tactics would not impact the state government's stability.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) boss Sharad Pawar said that instead of using its power to resolve public issues, the Centre was troubling opponents. "The MVA will go ahead meeting all the challenges," he said after admitting the former BJP leader and minister, Jaisingrao Gaikwad, into his party in Mumbai.